After Qingzi Erluo said this, she remembered how indifferent, even ruthless, she had been towards her these days, and how she secretly shed tears behind her back. Then I remembered the days when I was chased by my fellow disciples and fled from Ailao Mountain to Shanchan Mansion. She had to eat and sleep in the open along the way. Faced with limited food, she would rather not eat herself, but also to ensure that the two of her had enough to eat. Remembering that she had knelt in front of Lord Shanchan for most of the day in order to seek shelter for the two of them, Da Ru and Da Ru fell silent in unison.
In fact, they were also very sad. After all, she is the closest person to her. She is not having a good time these days, and so are they. Although Qingzi Erluo's words were a bit heartbreaking, they also somewhat woke them up. Let them at least understand that some things are beyond their control. Although she came from the Dali royal family, she was just an ordinary woman. Everything she did was for their own good.
It's just that the two girls, who have a temperament similar to hers, that is gentle but stubborn, have really turned around. This cannot be solved by others with a few words. I'm afraid it will take some time. As for how long this time will take, it depends on everyone's joint efforts. Although this kind of thing is actually not uncommon among wealthy people. But when the two girls were in Ailao Mountain, she protected them very well. I still have seen too little and experienced too little about the nasty things in the world.
Seeing that the two girls were not talking, Qingzi Erluo didn't say much. After he regained his composure, he and the girls briefly scrubbed their bodies, then called for others to send the girls back to their rooms. It's better to say that the others were the ones who suffered the most serious damage from being occupied in both places. Duan Yu, whose clothes were all covered in blue and purple Erluo, was definitely unable to walk. Duan Yun, who finally stopped crying, clung to her cousin's sleeves like a pitiful little girl, and reluctantly followed her with a struggle.
After putting on his clothes hastily, he wrapped Nangong Mei in a quilt and carried Huang Qiong directly to the small room that was temporarily used as his bedroom. Naturally, he was unaware of the conversation that took place after he left. At this moment, his mind was on the beauty in front of him. As for Duan Yu, Duan Yun, and Da Ru, there is plenty of time to comfort them. Now, among all the women around him, except for the two missing ones, Nangong Mei, who is at least beside him, is the most important.
Even when he was lying on the bed, he held the person tightly in his arms and never let go. At this time, the two people also had a chance to talk. Feeling the warm chest on her back, and listening to Huang Qiong's worry about her coming to Shanchan Mansion alone, facing the defeated rebels who had not yet been wiped out, and the danger that the remnants of Shanchan Hou might be in, Nangong Mei But he sighed softly and said something that made Huang Qiong even stunned after hearing it.
Nangong Mei let out a long sigh and then said: "If I don't come, no one will come." On the third day when His Majesty went south, Fan Dao passed through Xiangyang Mansion, and he had already hurried to the Western Regions. The Fan family is in the Land of Silk. All the caravans on the road have been detained by the King of Shu who is entrenched in Huihe since the beginning of the year. Not to mention the caravan of the Fan family, even the caravans of other families have also been detained by the King of Shu. Fan The family also sent people to deal with it, but they sent three waves of people in succession and never came back."
"In the past, when we got along with the Fan family, as long as the Fan family paid enough money to buy the way, it was considered a good thing. Why did they suddenly do this? Everyone in the Fan family has no idea. Although the Fan family also knows that going to this time The Western Region is very dangerous. It is very possible to follow the footsteps of others and be detained in the Western Region. There may even be some dangers because of His Majesty's relationship with the Fan family. But Fan Dao has no choice but to hurry up. We rushed to the Western Region to deal with it."
"Your Majesty said that the Fan family has not conveyed any news about the King of Shu to Your Majesty during this period. It's not that the Fan family really wanted to court Qin Muchu, or that they wanted to tread two boats. It's that all the intelligence networks of the Fan family in the Western Regions were actually as early as In the second half of last year, everything was interrupted. Except for some superficial information, no real news could be collected. The Fan family did not want to give His Majesty a bunch of nonsense but nothing of real effect, so they could only continue to I can't bear to say anything."
"As of the beginning of the new year, not to mention that the news has been completely blocked, even the trade routes have been cut off. Now, half of the Fan family's caravans traveling on the Silk Road have been detained in the Western Regions, or are separated from the Silk Road. There is no way back from that side. The rest can only avoid the more dangerous Bei Liao territory north of Jinshan Mountain. But although it is said to belong to the Bei Liao Shangjing Road, in fact there are still large and small tribes everywhere. .Even the Northwestern Unified Military Division of Beiliao can only deter these tribes from rebelling."
"These tribes usually work independently on the grasslands, and even attack each other. Although Beiliao stationed 20,000 cavalry in Kedun City, facing the vast desert grassland, these 20,000 cavalry could not maintain peace on the ground. On the road from Bei Liao to Beijing, the Fan family's caravan not only had to spend longer or even double the time, but also had to face harsher weather and terrain, as well as countless marauding tribes and horse bandits in the grassland. There are countless wolves.",
"Compared with these, the officials of the Northwestern Unified Military Department in Northern Liao and the little things the garrison extorted are not too small. After the Silk Road was closed by the King of Shu, the Fan family's caravan turned to Northern Liao. It would be good if one of the three branches can reach the destination. In less than half a year, the Fan family has already lost hundreds of people in Beiliao. They were all buried in the vast desert and grassland. Even one person A caravan was devoured by wolves, including men, horses and camels carrying goods."
"Before Fan Daolin left for the Western Regions, the head of the family had decided to completely stop this passage. Even though the Fan family had many elites, they could not withstand this loss. Facing the wind and sand of the grassland and desert, there were still powerful warriors Tribe, no matter how high your martial arts is, it is of no use. No matter how good your martial arts is, how can you compete with the rain of arrows and thousands of cavalry who are fearless of death? No matter how high your martial arts are, how can you compete with the mountains and plains that are full of people as soon as you appear? A wolf pack to contend with?”
"No matter how good your martial arts skills are, how can you compete with the wind and sand that fill the sky and can bury people alive? The tribes on the grassland have never been the tribes in Dali. Although they also need the Fan family's iron tools, and Silk and tea, but they also had great distrust of the Han people. Although they could barely survive by taking a detour through Beiliao, compared to the Hexi Corridor, the cost of this journey was too high, and even the Fan family could not afford it. "
"If His Majesty hadn't supported the Fan family to go to sea and opened up another trade route, the Fan family would have been seriously injured. Not counting anything else, the cost of goods alone has already reached nearly one million yuan. This is not even Counting a large number of people, a large amount of money was spent on food, clothing, housing and transportation. As for why the King of Shu closed the Silk Road, the Fan family has not found out until now. Even the news that the Silk Road was closed was because a steward risked his life to climb over the snow-capped mountains. , brought back from the no-man’s land on the Tibetan border.”
"Now in the entire Western Region, except for the desolate desert south of the Tianshan Mountains and the towering Congling Snow Mountains, the entire north of the Tianshan Mountains, south of the Jinshan Mountains, and both sides of the Kashgar River are full of cavalry under the command of the King of Shu. Anyone who sees a caravan will be forcibly detained. If anyone resists, they will be killed on the spot. Not to mention the things His Majesty needs, there is no news about the Fan family's caravan and shops in the Western Regions. The head of the family is anxious. All have fallen ill."
"When I received your Majesty's letter, I originally wanted to write a letter to explain. But the head of the family thought that it would be better for someone to explain it in person. But now Fan Dao has gone to the Western Regions, and Fan Jian is working as an official outside. He is still a weak scholar. Not only is he not familiar with His Majesty, but he might not even be able to see His Majesty when he sends someone here, and he may even be a little disrespectful. Unfortunately, the master of the house can only ask me to come over and explain it to His Majesty personally. The reason for this."
"If your Majesty does not believe it, the Fan family may not be able to recover within three to five years after this blow. The Fan family is indeed a big family, but most of the wealth is tied up in goods and inability to On land that can be liquidated immediately. Now that the Silk Road is interrupted, the loss of more than one million guan of property is basically equal to what the Fan family has on hand. Thirty percent of the wealth can be liquidated immediately. If the losses in Beiliao are added, it is almost equivalent to half. .”
"This matter is really not about the Fan family, who wants to gain benefits from both His Majesty and the King of Shu. It is actually the Fan family in the Western Region. They have fallen into an unsafe situation and are unable to provide His Majesty with information from there. The Fan family is now Now that they are completely His Majesty’s people, they have no thought of stepping on two different boats. By relying on His Majesty’s big ship, the Fan family has no worries. As long as the Fan family does not rebel or betray His Majesty, Your Majesty will also guarantee that Fan will For the interests of the family, why should the Fan family offend His Majesty?"
Huang Qiong was stunned by Nangong Mei's explanation. While his hands continued to do evil, he was lost in thought. As for whether this matter is true or not, Huang Qiong is still very confident. He believed that Nangong Mei would not deceive him about this matter. If I guessed correctly, there should be some inevitable connection between King Shu's actions in the Western Region and the things that happened in the palace before. Judging from this series of operations, it seems that my fifth brother cannot bear the loneliness and wants to do something.
But doesn’t he know that by closing the Silk Road, he is also cutting off his own financial path? Nowadays, Daqi's maritime trade is flourishing with his full support. The entire Daqi, including the Fan family, has dropped to the extreme dependence on the Silk Road. On the other hand, he himself had raised hundreds of thousands of troops in that barren land. Without the support of the Fan family's tax revenue, how far could he go, or how long could he persist?
Turn the beauty in his arms around and face him. After gently kissing the beauty's small mouth, Huang Qiong chuckled and said: "It seems that my fifth brother is a little impatient. He does this privately frequently. However, he is in Dongjin. Before that, we need to consider whether the barren land in the Western Region is capable of providing him with enough food and grass to get him from Huihe to Yumen Pass. It doesn't matter, but if it doesn't work, the Fan family will give up the Silk Road for a while."
"In the past few years, the Fan family has also been quite successful on the sea route. It has also cultivated a group of caravans who are accustomed to life at sea. There is such a big movement in the Western Regions now. It must be the sinners of Shu who feel that they have succeeded in the Western Regions. He has the strength to compete with me for the world. His natural feathers are full, and he wants to go eastward to compete with me for the world. In order to prevent the news from leaking, the entire Western Region was sealed off. It’s just this idiot who thinks that he can keep it secret by doing this."
"But I don't know that doing this is not only killing the goose that lays the egg, but also exposing my own thoughts. He has sealed off the Western Region. Even a fool knows that he must have made big moves. And what he can't forget the most now is the gun under me. Chair. In the past few years, the imperial court has been fighting on two fronts. Although the north side has repulsed the Northern Liao Dynasty's all-powerful movement southward, the south side has also completely suppressed the rebellion of the puppet emperor. However, the military strength has also been greatly damaged. He thinks that when the time comes, It’s time for him to reap the benefits.”
